Maradona rises to a loose ball and uses his hand to beat the advancing Peter Shilton. He says it was the ‘Hand of God’, perhaps an oblique reference, in his mind, to the injustice of the outcome of the Falklands War.
Argentina v England 2 – 1 (Quarter-final)
22nd June 1986 - Att. 114,580
Azteca Stadium, Mexico City, Mexico
“The quarter final game of Argentina v England during the Mexico World Cup in 1986 came just four years after the Falklands War and was the first time the countries had ‘met’ since that conflict. These beautifully captured images of Iconic World Cup moments from TV screens by Robert Davies, take you back to the days before watching football on High Definition TVs - overly saturated colours, blurry images, limited camera angles and bad sound. ‘The Hand of God’, one of the greatest goals ever scored!” Matthew Murray 2020